[Mb-civic] NYTimes.com: Extension of Voting Act Is Likely Despite Criticism

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NATIONAL | March 29, 2006
Extension of Voting Act Is Likely Despite Criticism
By RICK LYMAN
Some Republicans question the necessity of the Voting Rights Act, but their leaders have shown little interest in battling to overturn it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/29/national/29voting.html?ex=1144299600&en=be8df18108f87891&ei=5070&emc=eta1



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